Top 10 Worst New Doctor Who episodes according to He Who Moans

[@CouncilofGeeks]

Like any good personal list I found myself alternately nodding my head and going "WHAT?!?!"

[@beanns6632]

Council of Geeks I love your content

[@LiamAnthony_]

I'm surprised Fear Her isn't on this list... or did you just forget it exists?

[@happyfullfridge]

imo that one is too obvious

[@fatcatsarefun]

I feel like in the comments on Stu's videos is one of the only places where you can voice an opinion about an episode without getting your head bitten off.

[@morningcoffeecat2271]

*Bites head off*

[@JamesPlaysGames95]

god, i hated that clara had 2 fake out deaths and 2 fakeout goodbyes. its like writers went "fuck you, audience. i'm doing this cause you cant accept her!"

[@PatrickCervantez]

She'll come back for the finale of series 10 and if Capaldi IS staying, series 11. She's Rose 2.0

[@Wazzok1]

Every companion since Rose has been Rose 2.0.

[@josephcarlisle1943]

except Donna. Donna is Donna. Donna is life.

[@archive9796]

+PatrickCervantez if Clara does come back (which I know she will) I will stop watching I'm sick and fed up of Clara and how bland she is and her fake exits

[@IOmoon6221]

Who the hell said she'll come back in Series 10?

[@peterjoyfilms]

The End of Time has its flaws but it's got some brilliant moments, brilliant dialogue and writing. What immediately comes to mind for me is the two dialogue scenes between the Doctor and Wilfred, the first one in the cafe and the second on the spaceship. The Time of the Doctor is an utter mess that hurts me inside.

[@ewan.cartwright]

I love planet of the Dead, it's a perfect reversal of the location it was filmed in; San Helios: a beautiful city that was invaded by monsters and turned into a horrible desert. Dubai: a beautiful desert that was invaded by monsters and turned into a horrible city.

[@docskywalker51riftstudios58]

i agree one of my favourites

[@SouthPark333Gaming]

yeah kill the moon is the worst thing that ever happened to the show, and thats really saying alot

[@MOVIESINGENERAL]

are we considering Fear Her?

[@SouthPark333Gaming]

Movies In General yes i am but that story is 10 times better than kill the moon

[@anitasarcheeseian3706]

Not to mention that the kids were annoying as fuck

[@louisbutters6354]

what about the doctor the widow and the wardrobe

[@SouthPark333Gaming]

louis butters well 99.5% of new who episodes are bad...

[@menkomonty]

10. Cold War - Perhaps the best redesign of a classic monster, butchered by a rip-off of Alien and a microwaved Ninja Turtle knock-off. That’s my only gripe with the episode. 9. Planet of the Dead - When this episode was first aired, I had a choice between this and Primeval. I chose to watch Primeval and thought that it was a great episode. And when I watched Planet of the Dead, I was glad I chose to watch Primeval. 8. Time of the Doctor - The more I think about this episode, the less I could care for it. It’s a case of quantity over quality and Stuart pretty much summed this episode up perfectly. 7. Closing Time - A waste of an episode, a waste of the Cybermen and a waste of Lynda Baron, who I also grew up with Come Outside as well as Open All Hours. 6. Curse of the Black Spot - A very dull episode to watch with an ending that’s just… stupid. 5. Victory of the Daleks - The episode is supposed to be a modern day equivalent of Power of the Daleks where the Daleks act like servants to humanity but those Paradigm Daleks just ruined it. While the design would’ve looked if it was for a higher-ranked Dalek like a Supreme, the stupid Care Bears coloured themes just made them look so toyetic. Also the Spitfire scene was a bit far-fetched. 4. Asylum of the Daleks - A classic example of a ratings trap. We were promised classic Daleks and what did we get? Amy and Rory bickering about a divorce. Between a load of Daleks trying to kill the Doctor and co or an episode of Jeremy Kyle, I’d choose the Daleks. 3. Let’s Kill Hitler - I can’t stand this episode one bit. We were promised a plot revolving around murdering Hitler and what we got was something that would make an episode of Horrible Histories discussing WW2 look better by a 1000%. River was just annoying and the whole story was just a mess. A book I read on Doctor Who described the episode as an unfunny Carry On film. Mainly Carry On England. Which is an insult to Carry On England. 2. Kill the Moon - The anti-abortion message wasn’t subtle and the ending when the Mothra monster hatched out of the moon and then suddenly a new moon just appeared made me shake my head in utter disgrace. 1. Hell Bent - Noah Antwiler put it best. BETRAYAL! BETRAYAL!

[@defrostedrobot77]

Cold War blows my mind for how anyone would think that thing was a mammoth

[@MunkiZee]

You had me at toyetic

[@QuietBatperson96]

Out of curiosity, which episode of Primeval was it?

[@menkomonty]

@@QuietBatperson96 the one where Cutter dies

[@TheJaviferrol]

As far a the comedy bit goes let me make a comparison. - SHADA-Douglas Adams' comedy: probably the best one in Whos History as his style was so clever and witty and Made you feel inteligente for getting it Moffat's Who comedy: ZOMG Some just mentioned Twitter on the episode and used the word hashtag!!!!! I do that too!!!!! 10/10!!! OMG THE DOCTOR PLAYING GUITAR IN A TANK!!!!!!!!! Gonna make a meme about it a share it in FB So my Friends can piss their pants off with this brilliance!!!! LOL #cool"

[@defrostedrobot77]

The only other chair on Skaro was some funny shit though.

[@TheJaviferrol]

+defrostedrobot77 That i agree with.

[@defrostedrobot77]

OJWH Having him riding on a tank made the scene a lot more cool than the glimpse in the trailer. The idea that he would be that absurd is just really amusing, especially when you consider he also thought it was a tank for fish.

[@defrostedrobot77]

OJWH Going over the lines again I guess he was was messing with the dude.

[@DarthRushy]

That was when he was probably still influenced by classic British humor.

[@TheCrippledEgg]

*Hellbent:* _"I'm the worst episode of NuWho."_ *The Timeless Children:* _"Hold my exposition."_

[@TheJaviferrol]

For a show where you can go anywhere and anywhen and do anything, Who nowadays have some fans Who are narrowminded as fuck. Worse part of it is that thats who the writers seen more eager to please. And that most of NuWho for you..

[@archive9796]

Yes it's annoying that so many people say Amy,Rory and Clara are bad cous we don't know about there family .... WE HARDLY MET ANY FAMILY MEMBERS FROM CLASSIC COMPANIONS

[@Patriarch.Chadimus]

I agree. I love the hell out of both classic and new Doctor Who but, there is so much of the same shit in NuWho. I hate how especially with moffat, so much of the show is the Doctor can do things just because (insert reason here).

[@louisalectube]

For the life of me I do not understand anyone who hates Clara. Seriously, what's to hate about her?? She's *too* cute? *Too* willing to join the Doctor?? Her origin is *too* awesome?? I don't get it.

[@archive9796]

Well as you said there she's too perfect she has no flaws

[@archive9796]

Also watch Stubagfuls video on Clara and what makes a good companion and you'll see why

[@MeBeMat]

Is there a first-hand source for the idea that Terry Nation's estate stipulated annual Dalek appearances? I've only ever heard this stated as rumour and I've been unable to find anything reliable.

[@AimeeRose1997]

Val from Closing Time was Aunty Mable?! HOW DID I NOT NOTICE THIS BEFORE??!!

[@cjmacphail3626]

I know right!

[@FergusNN]

She was also Wrack in Enlightenment

[@tomious4257]

she's also in Open All Hours

[@codyw1]

Daleks in Manhattan is a mental choice. It's infinitely superior to anything from series 7 onwards. I just do not get the hate for this wonderfully fun, creative and surreal story.

[@defrostedrobot77]

DNA through lightning!!!!

[@HarryRobins]

I feel as though it's a bit like "How many different ways can we make a dalek and human hybrid".

[@philadelphiawhovian5641]

I agree that daleks in manhattan has some great elements to it :) but I admit that there are quite a few episodes from series 7 that I very much like. of course each to his own :)

[@Ben-vf5gk]

I don't mind the Dalek Hybrid design but it has so many more problems, the accents and acting, the pacing, overreliance on obvious twists, the pig men and the ending is just nonsense.

[@MunkiZee]

It annoys me just how many terrible actors were able to add "American accent" to their CV due to this episode

[@epiendless1128]

I obviously don't spend enough time in Doctor Who fandom, as I've not realised that hating "The End of Time" was a Thing. 2010: After The Doctor _let himself_ out of the Pandorica, I promised myself that I wasn't going to watch "A Christmas Carol", but I was visiting my parents and there was nothing else to do, so I broke my promise. Afterwards, and realising the depth of my mistake, I immediately put "The End of Time" on to take away the bad taste.

[@alphs2673]

Good list and points Stu. But I love "The End of Time". Yes, I know, it's probably congenitus, what can I do about it? Love it, love the great parts, love the bad parts. I'm not even an RTD apologist, I just don't know. I guess I like cannibalistic Master, Timothy Dalton and Bernanrd Cribbins too much. I don't know, sorry ppl!! LOVE IT! So I would put the dreadful "In The Forest of The Night" on it's place on my top 10. The rest is spot on!

[@SunniestAutumn]

How do you fucking dare disagree with me? Don't you know who I think I am?

[@Stubagful]

....jesus?

[@defrostedrobot77]

the Juggernaut...bitch?

[@thedoctorsassistant1]

would you do a in depth review of asylum of the daleks thanks

[@defrostedrobot77]

thedoctorsassistant1 that's apparently his intention. hopefully it's better than Trilbee's

[@archive9796]

+defrostedrobot77 with Mr Tardis I offend find he just gets angry Yes everyone loves a rant but ranting and being angry doesn't mean it's a good review

[@88RANDOMDANDOM]

Looking back, my first ever episode of Doctor Who was my mum putting on Evolution of the Daleks for me while I was ill. So, my first experience of the show was as a 7 year old who just woke up from a fever dream to watch a penis-headed monster chase a Scottish man around New York. How did I end up liking this show?

[@smesmeh2918]

One episode I hate that doesn't appear on worst lists is Sleep No More. It's one of those episodes that tries to be 'edgy' and 'different' (the camera angles and title sequence spring to mind). It's just confusing and is trying too hard to be clever that, for me, is just tedious. Saying that, my opinion is slightly flawed because I'd fast forwarded most of the episode as I was so fed up with it, but even speeding through it, I seemed to grasp the plot.

[@archive9796]

Ok it's not trying to be different It is different It's Doctor who's only found footage episode

[@archive9796]

Also if that episode is trying to be too clever then I guess you've tuned off as lots of Moffat episodes are trying to be clever

[@threepoint14159265]

In a season of multi-parters, it's telling that that was the only one-off. And the twist entirely depended on the episode being good, and it was *very* self-assured about that.

[@QuietBatperson96]

For me, the Monster of the Week is the big sticking point. Living eye mucus? Always good to see Reese Shearsmith though, and I liked the ending.

[@jarjared3522]

The Tenth Doctor is my all-time favorite Doctor and I admit The End of Time was not at all a conclusion that does his era justice.

[@markpostgate2551]

Daleks in Manhattan had a great episode one but episode two completely mishandled it. You know the SF-horror trope of the human whose been taken over by an alien and figthts a losing battle to keep hold of his humanity - what they should have done with episode two is done the perfect reversal of that and let it play out across the enitre episode. Rather than have Sec almost immediately develop mercy they should have had him fighting it. Feeling guilt for the first time and saying "No, what's happening to me?! Must... resist... urge... to... empathize... with... victim!" and let that struggle play out for the entire episode until he becomes the hero in the last ten minutes. And none of that nonsense about the Doctor's time lord DNA making daleks nice, because we know Time Lords aren't innately nice; certainly no nicer than humans. The Master is a Time Lord, and even the Doctor was a bit of a bastard during most of Hartnell's first season. Sec doesn't put up enough of a fight against his acquired human nature.

[@Goose.Films.]

I really like the scene in the end of time part 2 where Donnas grandad is stuck in that box thing

[@acrowbar2394]

Good list, except I disagree about End of Time. To be honest, I did sorta hate it when I first saw it because of all the obvious problems with it. But upon a second viewing two years later, for some reason I loved it. I can't quite put my finger on what changed but I just ended up finding it to be a very neat way of wrapping up all the RTD Time War stuff (until the 50th Anniversary Special 6 years later), and introduced some interesting mysteries that were mistakingly never revisited (such as the Doctor's mother). I think I just sorta liked the character dynamics most. I loved how the Master is pretty much redeemed by the end until Moffat eventually sorta turned him into another Moffat girl except evil.

[@Stubagful]

Basically a He Who Moans clipshow innit it? :p beat you to it comments section! In other news I reached 2500 subscribers this weekend. Huge thanks to everyone and warm welcome to the newcomers. And before anyone asks: yes I have started work on a video about Doom Coalition & Diary of River song series 1 - though I have literally JUST started work on it so it probably won't be for a little while, Bigfinish videos seem to take longer for some reason Thanks again everyone :) Ps: please save me from Pokemon Go, I'm so addicted I swear its rotting my braincells

[@Stubagful]

Also: am considering doing more top 10's in the future. who-related and other shows I love like Buffy, Jonathan Creek, Twin peaks or summit. I see why top 10's are so popular now, I had a lot of fun making these ones

[@archive9796]

+Stubagful I would LOVE to see a review thingy on Jonathan Creek -I've nearly finished marathoning it and is so good and I'm quite surprised that there's only 30 eps ...or maybe something about Dead like Me, I watched it and LOVED IT Tried Twin Peaks ...I didn't really grab me

[@lesserwhovian6175]

I'm sorry but I don't think there is a cure to Pokemon Go addiction :)

[@beepeeps1823]

+Stubagful I'd love to see you do videos on Jonathan Creek. Maybe you could do an editorial on the post-Maddy era of the show.

[@TheDailyCrumb2]

only disagree with planet of the dead and end of time.

[@robertslipek7311]

I like to play a drinking game when i watch KZbinr Doctor Who fans. It's called "Take a sip when they bitch about Moffat."

[@paulflint6254]

tardis guy, correctomundo

[@Heyiya-if]

Good game. But no KZbin needed. I could do it just sitting by myself with a bottle of booze. But I'd probably drink myself to death.

[@electricmastro]

5:27 Supposedly, Mark Gattiss' inspiration for this was The Power of the Daleks, though he had never seen it due to it being lost. I find that funny, because The Power of the Daleks feels like a much stronger story even in the case the Power Ranger Daleks are taken out.

[@ladyreverie7027]

The End of Time I think still had a tear-jerker of an ending. "I could have done so much more!!" I don't know, it tore at my heartstrings. Probably because I felt Ten was the Doctor with the most heart. And as a Ten/Rose shipper the fact she was the last person he visited was poignant. The regeneration was ruined by the last 30 seconds though by the complete tonal shift of Ten's tragic death with Eleven's wacky antics. Just served to drive home the thing Ten said about "another man walks away with a new face, but I'll be dead" - never did I feel that the Doctor truly dies when he regenerates as I did when Ten became Eleven.

[@zarrg5611]

End of time has brought me a lot of joy so I cannot hate it, the entire 'dinner time' sequence is a masterpiece of beautiful awfulness.

[@CrazyFunTVMovieGuy]

Also do you think you'll do a top 10 best and worst Big Finish Doctor Who audio dramas lists?

[@sebradfield]

I like the mention of Lynda Baron, but I would like to point out that she was also the evil Captain Wrack in the Fifth Doctor story 'Enlightenment', and sang the ongoing song in the First Doctor story 'The Gunfighters'.

[@RMorgan7HD]

In what universe are The End of Time and Asylum of the Daleks worse than the dozen or so forgettable episodes which didn’t make the list (Idiot’s Lantern, Fear Her, Love and Monsters, The Long Game, Curse of the Black Spot etc etc)

[@jjkeyboards]

It's the age old question - what's worse: a memorable episode full of dross, or a forgettable episode?

[@williamanderson3984]

I bet if we redid this for yourself rather than Dr who, it would read, number two lacking friends, and number one being a virgin!

[@AimeeRose1997]

Just like last time, here are my least favourite episodes from each series: 1.) The Long Game. 2.) Fear Her. 3.) Evolution of the Daleks. 4.) The Doctor's Daughter. 5.) Victory of the Daleks. 6.) A tie between The Curse of the Black Spot, Let's Kill Hitler, and The Wedding of River Song. 7.) A tie between Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS and Nightmare in Silver. 8.) Death in Heaven. 9.) Hell Bent.

[@raydarable]

I personally think "In the forest of the Night" is the worst episode. The kids were horrible, the one girl who kept running away at random moments was annoying, the ending was bad, etc, etc.

[@MrDarthT]

I actually liked the series 3 Dalek story. I thought it was an interesting idea to have the Daleks grapple with the question if being a Dalek was even worth it.

[@jordaneyre3971]

Has anyone else ever noticed how in The End of Time; the Doctor drops out of a spaceship, falls god knows how far, smashes through a pane glass roof dome and lands flat on the floor only to rise to his feet moments later with only minor injuries. BUT Cast your minds back for a moment; In Logopolis, the 4th Doctor falls a hell of a lot smaller distance and doesn't smash through a glass dome yet is left dying and forced to regenerate? Has he become more fall damage resistant over the years? Like seriously, what the fuck.

[@danieldunn613]

Literally the only good thing to come out of Victory of the Daleks was that it finally put an end to the whole "Are the Daleks gone for good" deal we got at the end of every appearance in the Russell era

[@pikapal91]

How did I know closing time would be on this list? Am I the only one who actually loves this episode?

[@DakNJaxter]

I like it too. I can definitely see why people don't like James Corden, but I just find Craig and Eleven to be a really fun duo.

[@TwoCentReview]

Tony Stark I love it, too! Craig and Eleven are so adorable together. I loved seeing Craig on the show again. The baby stuff was somewhat, meh, but I enjoyed it a lot overall.

[@dere7343]

YANA

[@korilloyd6004]

I love closing time, I’ve probably rewatched that one the most

[@AdamTheUltimateWhovian]

Great vid Stu. I expected those episodes to be in the list but not in that order. I'm happy to be surprised. Continue with surprising shizz in upcoming vids man your on fire! :)

[@archive9796]

I don't understand why they didn't give the new paradigm Daleks a repaint (maybe made them all Sliver and Blue like the original Daleks) and people would have been happy ...

[@archive9796]

+Wolves Of Winter also they basically destroyed i think the yellow and the orange one for the stone Daleks ... Also why were all those Daleks together in TMA/TWF as the paradigm Daleks were the pure ones and should have destroyed the others

[@strongraycool44d51]

My worst episode list 10) The next doctor 9) Voyage of the damned 8) Into the Dalek 7) Asylum of The Daleks 6) Listen 5) The Lazarus Experiment 4) Kill The Moon 3) Fear Her 2) Love and Monsters 1) Hell Bent

[@TrentonBlessWrestlemania489]

Would you consider doing a worst to best Regeneration Story video?

[@sirdryden42]

I actually agree with your decision to remove Love and Monsters from the list since doctor/companion light episodes are at a serious disadvantage. Which makes the quality of Blink all the more amazing.

[@Stubagful]

that and I did find it a very interesting experience in understanding how our perspectives change over time and you can take different things away from bits of media when watching it back in a different context

[@archive9796]

I think it's probably cous it was the first very bad ep of new who

[@jakerockznoodles]

+Stubagful It's funny because that's how I feel about The Next Doctor which was a story I hated at the time but watching it back in the run up to Christmas last year I actually really enjoyed it and it's probably my favourite Christmas special. I mean, it isn't great or anything but the plot was engaging and IMO this has been the best the Cybermen have been portrayed in NewWho (Not saying it's the best episode featuring them but in this they are a driving force with a plan and manipulate others to achieve it)

[@MuchWhittering]

I re-watched End of Time recently and outside of the whiney regeneration stuff I didn't think it was that bad.

[@josephcarlisle1943]

it has 3 plots. The Master is doing shit The Master wouldn't do. Ten is terrible as usual. And then as you said whiney regeneration. But alas my opinion

[@johnwhittington2998]

HowlingSnail the master coming back with Voodoo magic?

[@mrdoctorgilmore]

Rassilon being out of character

[@diesenutss]

"DINNERTIME!!!"

[@mrdoctorgilmore]

T H I C C sheev when the Russell era jumped the shark

[@patrickmcgann2673]

I don't believe that I just watched a worst ten episodes list without a single episode that I like being on it. Not even Fear Her.

[@archive9796]

Look up Look down Look all around Up in the air or on the ground Come for a walk Come for a ride There's so much to see So come ....and watch Stubagfuls video

[@defrostedrobot77]

Surprised Next Doctor didn't make the Christmas list of infamy.

[@CountScarlioni]

Kill The Moon. The one and only Doctor Who episode in 56 years of stories that I actually HATE. It deserves the hate. ALL OF IT. Yes. Even Forest of the Night is better. All other Doctor Who stories get bonus points simply for not being Kill The Moon.

[@razzledazzle7776]

Yes I have to agree about Cordon. What a Pratt, I've hated him ever since that God awful World Cup song he did, and now he is a bloody American talk show host. And I thought he couldn't get worse...

[@archive9796]

It bugs me SO much that he's a big star in America What did he actually do which made him huge ? Lesbian Vampire Killers ? Star in two shit episode of doctor who ! and America loves doctor who

[@DanteMustLearn]

he also very attention seeking, self-centered narcissist. if you have ever read/listened to his autobiography which is basically him just "apologizing" on how sorry how being who is was the things he's has done. for god sake, its titled "may I have your attention please". he loves being the centre of attention for proof just watch the Graham Norton interview he is where he constantly tries to direct everything on to himself . he's just not a good or likable person

[@electricmastro]

3:39 I just wonder how much of this story was taken from that part in The Chase were the Daleks visit New York. If that's the case, then I don't think it really improves/builds on much from that, do you?

[@jimslav6973]

I agree with almost 7/10 of your choices... which is pretty staggering. We have pretty similar opinions. The only ones in there I liked are as follows. Daleks In Manhattan / Evolution of Daleks. Not due to any plot points or anything. I just felt it would be natural for the perfect killing machines that are Daleks to wonder why they've been consistently failing with regards to humans and to try to parse out the problem. I also liked the pig men (very, very much) and the Dalek/Human hybrid (very, very much). Let's get real, Stu. This is a show where full grown men run around in bee costumes. The hybrid is not bad. In fact, it's delightful and just about everything I want in Doctor Who. If something as delightfully Rob Bottin-inspired as that hybrid existed in every episode, you could deep six the story and I'd be happy. Planet of the Dead. Not a particularly great episode, not a particularly bad one. Just kind of meh during a particularly good streak for RTD, so it seemed bad by comparison. Consider all the stinkers of Moffat's era, this thing looks like fucking Shakespeare. And I would have taken that cat burglar any day over Clara. The End of Time. Yep, I didn't think it was bad. I really loved Bernard Cribbins' performance and found it to be very touching. I didn't think Tennant was "whinny". And Raissilon should be evil as he's the cause of the Time War. The fact that the Time Lords got so desperate that they hatched a whole bunch of unforgivable, heinous shit... so unspeakable that The Doctor and The Master team up to send them away was unprecedented and momentous. I really couldn't care less about the long regen as it was done tastefully. Tennant's Doctor was in love with life (like Troughton) and refused to go softly. Anyway, It was better than turning Matt Smith from an old man back to a young man so 9-12 year old girls and metrosexual boys could cry properly. THAT SHIT was indulgent. *Here are some REAL stinkers*: The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood. The Time of Angels / Flesh and Stone. The Big Bang. The Curse of the Black Spot. Dark Water / Death In Heaven. These are all worse than the three choices listed above, don't you think?

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Doctor Who needed a break in 2016 so Steven Moffat, Chris Chibnall and the writers could be given a chance to come up with fresh new ideas for the series. Most of the stories on DW we've had in the last couple of years are unoriginal and lack in originality. It's the same with Hollywood and the television industry.

[@theuberbob]

I've actually been subscribed to your channel for over a year, but I haven't been keeping up with it like I'd like. I'm doing a little catch-up this weekend and wanted to say that I really enjoyed this video. I can't say I disagree with your choices as I believe your reasoning is well-explained and sound. I can only say that my list would include different but, in my view, equally pointless episodes. For me that includes "Fear Her" and "42", just off the top of my head. Oh, and that Gatiss episode from last season about the Sand Men. Thanks for doing what you do and keep up the good work!

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Here is what I think are among the worst episodes: 1) The Lazarus Experiment = It ripped off The Fly. 2) Time of The Doctor = Not as sad and as emotional as The End of Time - Part 2. 3) The Runaway Bride = Billie Piper left too soon. 4) The Beast Below = Weird episode. 5) The Lodger = James Corden doesn't suit being a companion. 6) Night Terrors = It wasn't scary. 7) The Snowmen = I became disillusioned with the series after Karen Gillan left. 8) The Return of Dr. Mysterio = Truly one of the worst Xmas specials ever made. 9) In The Forest of the Night = Original idea, but boring episode. 10) Time Heist = Psi and Saibra were interesting characters, but they were wasted in that episode and the two characters could had been given a better story.

[@punkrockbttrfly]

10) ...did anyone want this? I accuse RTD's era of being "a soap opera about the Doctor's companions" at times, but this episode (and the other one), just...when did Doctor Who stop being science fiction? I mean, I accuse Matt Smith's run of being "a fairy tale about Space Jesus" quite often, but was this episode trying to emulate the worst of RTD's run? If so...why? Also, the Cybermen are defeated by love. You've turned the scariest recurring monster in Doctor Who into a villain from a Saturday morning cartoon about teddy bears. Having said that, very few people seem to know how to do the Cybermen well. You all need to take a page out of Marc Platt's book. 9) So, I really was not impressed by this monster. Sorry, but it just looked kinda silly. Alright, very silly. As for the rest of the episode...I found there was too much buggering about with the too numerous side characters (although I did like them all...mostly) and too little actual plot. Also, the grand speech followed by the death of that awesome leader, the shocking moment that really shows how evil the villains are? Yeah, that made me laugh honestly. If Deadpool basically did the same thing, don't try to make it dramatic. 8) I liked the one-off companion...can't remember her name, but it's been a while since I've seen the episode. I remember that there was a guy in UNIT who was a big fan of the Doctor, and that there was a flying bus...that's about it. Oh, and giant flies in boiler suits. Didn't Ghost Light already do that? In fact, watch Ghost Light instead. That's a pretty good episode...sorry, what were we talking about? Planet of the what? Which one was that, um... 7) I...really don't mind the new designs. We've had colourful Daleks before. I just think that this was a badly constructed episode. It's about how the Doctor might be wrong for mistrusting the Daleks!...but why? He's right, they're evil, we've done this story so many times before, and even the episode itself eventually gives up and says "eh, fine, yeah, he was right", leading to everyone else in the story just looking like an idiot. Also, Bracewell wasn't that interesting. I do have to mention that the space battle with WWII planes vs. Dalek saucer was cool...but the planes should have had their asses kicked. Another in the long line of episodes that make popular Classic villains look pathetic. 6) zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzhuh? What? Um, Bill Bailey, treegasm, annoying kids, yeah? Okay, oka-zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. 5) *sigh* This one. Disappointing finale? Check. Awesome side characters wasted? Check. An amazing, intimidating, and interesting villain reduced to being boring? Twice. Rubbish last words, excessive amounts of melodrama, screwing around with canon to make a "point"? Check, check, check. Really, what was going on here? Wilf was cool, and the disc one villains, though bland and rubbish, at least had an interesting motive. But...Tennant, Simm, Dalton, Tate, Cribbins, they were wasted in this weird, nonsensical, silly, overdramatic, self-indulgent, just plain rubbish episode. I will admit, however, that I initially thought Rassilon was out of character...until I listened to Zagreus, which gives a precedent for Rassilon being an evil genocidal maniac, and I hate this Rassilon slightly less. Still don't like him much though. It also provided the insufferable fandom with one of their most overused memes, which just makes me hate it more. Seriously, this fandom can be unbelievably stupid sometimes. Just today I ranted to my best friend about how sick I am of "wibbly-wobbly" jokes. 4) Everyone in this story is an idiot. Amy and Rory spend too much time arguing about their marital problems, instead of trying not to get killed by Daleks. Idiots. Clara-sorry, Oswin, spends all her time on about soufflés and doesn't stop to think for a second about how she could have survived. Idiot. The Doctor spends more time trying to sort out Amy and Rory and sparing Oswin's feelings than actually achieving anything. Idiot. The Daleks hire their worst enemy to stop them from having to destroy a planet full of Daleks because they don't want to kill Daleks...but they blow up the planet anyway at the end. Idiots. They also apparently have this unbelievably overpowered superweapon that they can literally unleash on any planet and turn every inhabitant into a Dalek puppet, complete with weapons and eyestalks manifested from nothing...but they never use it. Idiots. Everyone involved in this story is an idiot. 3) They should have called this episode "Murphy's Law of the Doctor", because everything that could have been done wrong in the writing for this episode, was done wrong. It tried to do so much, and not much of it was necessary. Why were the Angels there? Why did Clara need a subplot about a Turkey? Why was Handles a thing (seriously, I don't get the love for Handles)? And the things it did were fairly unsatisfying. I don't really mind the way they get around the regeneration limit, but seriously, the explanation for the cracks (which had already been solved, although apparently not), for the explosion of the TARDIS, for the Silence, for Trenzalore, for the First Question (which was stupid to begin with), it was just kinda rubbish. Add in poor pacing, blatant ripoffs of other characters (seriously, people have said that Moffat can only write one female character again and again, and while I don't entirely agree, what was up with whatshername River Song clone?), and another horribly self-indulgent regeneration scene, and you have a perfect storm of WHY DOES THIS EXIST? 2) This one. This one. I, personally, consider this one to be the worst episode of Doctor Who ever, and I can, and have, ranted for hours about how much I hate it. Instead of doing it again, I will leave you with this. *Inhuman gurgling scream of limitless pain and hatred, echoing for eternity* But seriously, pointless scenes, pointless characters, more assassination of an awesome character (why does NuWho hate you Rassilon?) unearned emotions, stupid concepts, reversal of good moments, ruination of a couple of good episodes, and the potential to destroy any semblance of tension from every episode of Doctor Who ever. Because seriously, if the Doctor can just use a time scoop to save anyone he wants with absolutely no consequences, why should we be afraid of any character dying? It's not like they're in any real danger. Then Clara goes gallivanting off into the universe because isn't she just so much better than every other character ever? And the Doctor loses his memory for no reason. This episode made me realise what bugs me the most about Moffat's writing. While I'm sure it wasn't intended this way, a lot of his writing comes across as arrogant. Like he thinks he's better than every other showrunner, so his characters are more important than anyone else's characters. River Song married the Doctor and apparently met every incarnation of him (which creates storytelling problems itself, but that's irrelevant right now). Amy and Rory basically took up his entire life for several years. Clara saved him in every cliffhanger ever, and is now immortal and like the Doctor, but somehow better. Moffat loves his characters too much and licks their boots so much that it starts to feel like he doesn't respect any other companion in the 50+ year history of the show. This episode, particularly in regards to Clara, feels like a poor attempt to cram Charley Pollard's entire character arc into a single episode, but with none of the reason or emotion, only the actual events. It sucks and I hate the fact that something this awful and terrible is now part of the Doctor Who canon. Moving on! 1) I hate this one. Not as much as others on the list, but for an episode about consequences, it doesn't have any. The characters are boring, the stakes turn out to be pointless in the end, the "message" is utter rubbish, the last five minutes were good and it led into a great episode, but this episode sucked. I'd talk about it more, but I'm burned out from ranting about the previous one. I like the list though. Good points, you never fail to be entertaining, and it's fun to bitch about things we don't like. Keep being awesome!

[@ThePonderer]

I'm quite partial to Closing Time as a light bit of adventurous fluff with some decent character moments, so I disagree with that one. The only other big disagreement I have is Hell Bent. I'm all aboard the Hell Bent praise train. I've been meaning to get a video about why I love that story done since it came out, but in short while I completely understand thinking that it undermined all of Heaven Sent's work, I just don't see it that way, and to me it was the best possible way to conclude the Doctor and Clara's shared character arc that had been running through the past two and a half seasons. To me Hell Bent is one of those that retroactively makes other stories better, and I really wish that Moffat wasn't penning next season cause I feel like Hell Bent and Husbands of River Song were thematically the perfect more to end his run on.

[@defrostedrobot77]

Series 9 was kind of the climax and i guess 10 will be an epilogue or running actions of sorts.

[@ThePonderer]

+defrostedrobot77 If Moffat HAD to be in charge of series 10, the ideal scenario would be a standalone series very light on call backs or recurring characters from other seasons. I feel like because he has one more year Moffat is going to feel obligated to end his run with yet another epic metatextual thesis statement on who the Doctor is and what he means. We really don't need another deconstruction of the character when Hell Bent went so far to *re*construct him.

[@connorshelton9535]

The thing about Hell Bent was that if you looked at it through a story and character arc standpoint by all means it failed and ruined Heaven Sent. With that said it's because of Rachel Talalay's direction and the performances of the cast that I (upon first few viewings) didn't care as it was a joy ride to watch as the Doctor tries not to accept fate and save Clara.

[@scrambled5948]

If this list was made today, it defo would be majority Chibnall episodes 😂

[@nifralo2752]

Heated James Cordon before it was cool

[@ginge641]

​@@nifralo2752Hating Corden was always cool.

[@josephcarlisle1943]

10. Time Of The Doctor. Basically I would watch 5 billion of these if I didn't have to watch End of Time 9. Fear Her - Come on....You out bad acted the twins from "The Twin Dilemma" girl. 8. Closing Time - I like James Corden. As a comedian. Basically you can do Comedy in Doctor Who. BUT THERE DOESN'T NEED TO BE A WHOLE EPISODE OF JUST COMEDY. 7. Planet of the Dead - Basically this episode and pretty much all of the specials except for Waters of Mars and (Cringe) End of Time weren't needed. 6. Victory Of The Daleks - Tellatubby Daleks what more do I have to say. This is also blatantly "Power of The Daleks" 's Plot. 5. Kill The Moon - STOP TRYING TO DO POLITICS SUBTLE NU-WHO. YOUR NOTE GOOD AT IT. 4. Hell Bent - This is the only series finale on my list. BUT it's not as bad as what number one is or 3 and 2. Honestly if your gonna use gallifrey USE GALLIFREY. 3. Hide - YOU FUCKING RUINED PLANET OF THE FUCKING SPIDERS YOU FUCKING CUNT. 2. Sleep No More. An Uncoherent piece of shit. If this and Hell Bent were rewritten series 9 would've been perfect for me. Basically this has no Plot. It's a cash grab and eye buggers? Really? 1. End Of Time. I FUCKING HATE THIS EPISODE WITH ALL MY HEART. I WAS GOING TO STOP WATCHING DOCTOR WHO WHEN I REMEMBERED THAT THIS WAS TEN'S AND RTD'S LAST EPISODE. THIS IS EVEN MORE UNCOHERENT THEN SLEEP NO MORE. IT HAS 3 PLOTS WHAT EVER THE FUCK THEY DID WITH THE MAST AND THAT PIECE OF TURD REGENERATION SEQUENCE. FUCK ME.

[@archive9796]

I actually really like sleep no more With Hide I don't mind he said it wrong but I'm more annoyed that now one noticed that he said it wrong at all and it wasn't ADRed later

[@josephcarlisle1943]

No it's the fact that THE CRYSTAL IS THERE. WHY DID THE 3RD DOCTOR RISK HIS LIFE TO BRING THAT CRYSTAL BACK EVEN THOUGH HE DIDN'T REALLY BRING IT BACK OR HE JUST GOT ANOTHER ONE.

[@magiv4205]

I laughed so hard at your reaction to the hybrid Dalek because let's face it, we all can relate. Kind of funny since as Classic Who buffs we should be accustomed to shitty costumes, but seeing it here was just so incredibly out of place lmao

[@PlanetZoidstar]

Daleks in Manhatten/Daleks in Manhatten was a ripoff of Evil of the Daleks, much like Victory of the Daleks was a ripoff of Power of the Daleks.

[@Jedi_Spartan]

So which of these would get replaced by stuff like Chibnall's finales?

[@Stubagful]

ooh there's a question. I think I might have to make a video about how I define good and bad now cause looking at my picks for this video: I probably would watch all of these again way before watching season 11 again, though I would still call most of them worse than season 11. I suppose for my entertainment I prefer something funnybad where I can at least kind of see what its going for to the blandly functional products the show produces these days. I've kinda softened on Daleks in Manhatten since making this - replace that with Ranskoor. Shove Timeless Children between Hellbent and Kill the Moon which inches Closing Time out of the top 10. That and in terms of my emotional reaction Witchfinders was the nadir that made me feel like abandoning it. Okay y'know what 10. Victory of the Daleks 9. Doctor the widow and the wardrobe 8.Planet of the Dead 7. End of Time 6. The Witchfinders 5. The Battle of Ranskoor av Kolos 4. Time of the doctor 3. Hellbent 2. Tiemless Children 1. Kill the moon

[@ender7278]

Wow. Never realized the pro-life subtext in Kill the Moon.

[@alexzander4426]

Ender I know right? I thought I was the only one oblivious to it. I mean I agree with it, but still looking back its just as preachy as Series 11...

[@collegeman1988]

I agree with your list in that "Kill The Moon" was a truly awful episode, obligatory Dalek episodes for every season, except Victory of the Daleks which was the only Dalek story I've ever seen that I really liked, David Tennant's last story (the ending was awful), pointless Christmas episodes for every season (If I remember correctly, Christmas was only referred to once during a William Hartnell episode in the original series). I quit watching Doctor Who after Peter Capaldi's first season because the stories were dull and uninteresting, but in truth, I began to lose interest in the show at the beginning of Matt Smith's second season. Interesting episodes where the show broke new ground were replaced with the Wacky Adventures of the Doctor, with no point to the characters or story.

[@ghostlightx9005]

My list of the top 10 crap is entirely made up of Jody Whittaker stories.....

[@StefanTravis]

Nu-Who does have an astonishing amount of dead wood. Counting the episodes from the first 9 seasons that I'd chose to watch given the box-set: 1: Dalek, Empty Child, Doctor Dances. 2: Tooth and Claw, Girl in the Fireplace, Impossible Planet, Satan Pit 3: Gridlock, Blink 4: Silence in the Library, Forest of the Dead, Midnight 5: um...probably nothing at all 6: Impossible Astronaut, Day of the Moon, Good man goes to war (maybe), 7: again, nothing at all. 8: ditto 9: Face the raven

[@uukyspuuky3121]

Me and my friend do a New Who commentary series where we look at a list of tropes we hate about it, and we did an incredibly in depth analysis of Asylum, and we break it down into insane amounts of detail trying to figure out how it works. I mention you and MrTardis in the introduction and how the episode was so fascinatingly horrible to so many people, and how it marked a turning point in the show and people's faith in Moffat. Do check it out if you want to watch incredibly anal dissection of it in real time by two incredibly cynical Doctor Who fanatics. (Hopefully I seem more like a mad Stubag fanboy seeking validation rather than a cheap plugger, because that's what I really am. We're also going to do an episode where we watch The Lodger and Closing Time simultaneously to see if they really are the same thing.) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hV7JkouHg9qIr9U

[@TheWAQProductions]

Congrats on 2500! And I agree with some but not all.

[@michaelgoleniewski2553]

So many good points here especially with your number #1. I'm inclined to be a little bit more generous to a couple of these episodes in my honest opinion though. A few of my thoughts: 1) "Closing Time" -- I still have a ton of fun with that one. t may be completely unnecessary but I think it has enough genuinely fun moments in it with 11 that I can accept it despite its flaws. 2) "Hell Bent" -- Being a major Classic Who fan, I definitely shared your opinion on it upon first viewing. However watching it again and being one of the few people out there who actually genuinely liked Clara as a character, I can see what Moffat was trying to do.....to a degree. It does still feel like a cop out as I do think that Face the Raven and Heaven Sent are genuine masterpieces and there are much better ways of handling it than shoving off the Time Lord's return in exchange for a worse rehash BUT I can understand 12's attitude towards Gallifrey at that point, I do like what we do actually get of Gallifrey and the ending of the episode (NOT Clara flying off in the cafe, the Doctor moving on with a new start) does work and leave a clean slate for Series 10. I'm probably in the minority with my views but it's something I wanted to get out. 3) "Planet of the Dead' -- I actually never realized how boring this one was until I watched it because it was actually the first piece of brand new New Who that I watched after I got in to the show. Rose-tinted lenses and all that. Nice work on that. :-) 4) "Victory of the Daleks" -- Again.....one that I'm a bit more charitable to than most. Yeah I do see now that it was a lame attempt to bring the bad lifesaver Daleks in to the fray but I love the interactions between the Doctor and Churchill and some of 11's speeches against the Daleks. This one is more than a guilty pleasure than anything else plus it did give us the decent 'Churchill Years' Big Finish audio stories. 5) "Time of the Doctor" -- Yeah it's a mess but it's an exciting mess that brings a strong conclusion to 11's run with a regeneration that still makes me sob like a baby every time but also brings the hope and fun that 10's SHOULD'VE had. A few other stories I would've added: 1) The Idiot's Lantern -- Hate the time period, hate Ten's attitude and hairstyle, boring and predictable villain, left no impact on me whatsoever. 2) "Voyage of the Damned" -- A poor Doctor Who ripoff of "The Poseidon Adventure" with more unnecessary death on Christmas than I would like to see? Yeah sign me up for that please. 3) "Sleep No More" -- Ugh what a waste of an opportunity. I literally remember nothing about this episode other than the disgustingness of what the monsters were made of and the sandman song....literally NOTHING else. Maybe I'm biased because I don't like found footage stories but I hate found footage even more when it's done poorly. An experiment true but an experiment that blew up PAINFULLY. 4) "The Rebel Flesh" / "The Almost People" -- Had some interesting ideas but could not get attached to anyone in the story, the Double Doctors thing really wears on you after a while, and just felt like padding for the climax to lead in to 'Good Man'. Plus it's PAINFULLY dull. 5) "In the Forest of the Night" -- Hate Clara and Danny's relationship. Hate the boring environmental message. Hate the idea behind it. Hate hate hate. 6) "Love and Monsters" -- I do understand your point but.....yeah I still would've put it on mine. Really is as bad as everyone says it is. Hope this prompts some discussion. You've given me some major inspiration to write my own entry on this topic on my blog. Thanks a ton mate! :-)

[@randyrandelman1878]

Fuuuuck it's Auntie Mabel, always wondered why I so vividly recognised that random woman in a pretty shit ep of nuwho. Thank yu stu!

[@kbg12ila]

I actually enjoyed End of Time quite a bit. Some things were silly, especially in Part 1 but it just all worked for me. Every emotional scene hit and the ending hit extra hard with Tens last words. It was really great. Other than that I don't really disagree with you other than the fact that I would have put more Moffat eps. There was a lot more terrible ones than evolution of the daleks imo.

[@johnwhittington2998]

kbg12ila in that episode 10 disrespected every other incarnation that came before him

[@wildsurfer12]

You need to update this to include Arachnids in the UK, The Tsuranga Conundrum, The Timeless Children and Orphan 55.

[@InsaneProf]

in fact any 13th Doctor story & any pre 13th doctor stories written by the hack Chibnall.

[@shortangel333]

Orphan 55 is perfect. It's a comedy episode. Although you laugh at it not with it.

[@BruceHays]

I can't believe no one has mentioned "Love And Monsters", which has to be the worst episode, ever!

[@TheKandyman]

Nah....it's fine, ever heard of a little episode called the ghost monument?

[@alexzander4426]

The Kandyman How did you pick that episode out of the mamothly hated series 11? The Ghost Monument is just a flashy runaround to show off the new effects high budget. That’s all. Nowhere comparable to something like “Hell Bent,” “Tsuranga Conundrum,” or “Arachnids of the U.K.” I mean you’re entitled to whatever opinion you have about what you like, but I’m just surprised you went with one of the series 11 episodes that doesn’t make the top 10 worst reviewed episodes list on all major review sites.

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

I like Closing Time and Planet of the Dead. And Ten was SCREWED by End of Time, the only good bits are Wilf and the Doctor's farewell at the end. Daleks in Manhattan and Evolution of the Daleks is one (two?) of my favourite episodes of Doctor Who. Of all time.

[@chrispy3369]

If he made this video today he would have spent all 10 slots on Series 11-12.

[@shortangel333]

Probably not. Although the episodes in those series arent... great, they're too safe and bland to be completely terrible, sure a lot would make it into this but Hell Bent and a couple of others would still most likely get in their way in here too.

[@barney9456]

This is more of a top 11, now I have a lot more favourites of new who, the rest of the episodes range from okay or entertaining, but these either disappointed me, left me with a bad taste in my mouth or infuriated me (only 1 or 2) 11) Lie of The Land - wasted time and story, fake out regeneration and disappointing end to monk trilogy 10) The Magicians Apprentice/The Witches Familiar - the second part is decent at least and Julian Bleach is always magnificent, but part one was just spectacle, stuff for the sake of it and felt rather pointless 9) The Lazarus Experiment - the Lazarus creature has not aged very well and it is not an episode I want to revisit that often 8) Curse of The Black Spot - some forced drama at times, bad acting and annoying character moments, only saved by Karen Gillan wielding a sword 7) The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People - dislikeable characters, really bad creature effects and it's not one I've warmed to over time 6) Love & Monsters - The Absorbaloff! I'm not a huge fan of Peter Kay, especially his portrayal of essentially a green Doctor Who monster version of Fat Bastard from Austin Powers 5) Asylum of The Daleks - Rory & Amy's relationship drama for no reason and the one and only time I dislike Rory & Amy as characters, the human dalek slave...people are pointless, the Dalek Parliament made no sense and just 4) Kill The Moon - heavy handed pro life message, characters that had no point to them, the moon been alive and Courtney Woods! Why did Clara's era have irritating child characters like her and Angie be the focus of an episode 3) The Wedding of River Song - disappointing conclusion to my least favourite series since 2005, I didn't want to use the word cop out but...yeah it was a bit of a copy out really. interesting ideas not given enough time and crass elements given too much time in my opinion 2) Let's Kill Hitler - 1940's setting is meaningless, "The Doctor is dying!" plotpoint is recycled again and carries so little weight, Mels is a grating character and the damage to River's character has been done, after all this build up this is who River is and is my worst of series 6 1) Hell Bent - the time lords and galifrey are pointless here, Clara's death and Heaven Sent are gutted of any meaning which annoyed me as the previous two episodes were the best of series 9, they resurrected Clara for no reason, no consequences to the space time continuum and it betrayed the character of The Doctor in a massive way just so they could have a regeneration gender swap gag. (Also where did the Doctor get that outfit from? Like before Rasilon turns up outside the barn The Doctor quick changes his costume, into a darker coat and collar less shirt, like where the hell did he get that from? From the barn? Pockets bigger on the inside? Can someone try and explain that to me it's always somethings that's bugged me in the episode that no one ever mentions!)

[@jakevader93]

10. Honestly, this episode just felt lame more than anything. I wouldn't put it in my top 10 worst, but there is alot of cringe to be had here. 9. Absolutely. Fucking. Horrid. Probably one of my least favorite episodes during the 10th Doctor era. I could never watch this again. 8. I actually kinda like this episode. I can see why most people dislike it but there were aspects to it that I enjoyed. 7. Definitely one of the more forgettable Dalek stories in New Who. It had a good concept yet for some reason felt really boring and lifeless. 6. What even happened in this episode?! I don't even remember! 5.Oh yeah, this was way too overblown. The Master was just so laughable in the episode. 4. It's meh more than anything. Not much to say about. I think Daleks in Manhattan was way worse. 3. Again, I didn't think it was all that bad. It's better than The End of Time imo. I actually do like the regeneration scene at the end alot. It didn't feel unnecessarily overblown. It was both somber and hopeful at the same time. Cringey jokes, yeah. But not enough to completely ruin it for me. 2. Yep, this absolutely sucked and it ruined the previous two episodes that came before it. Which were both really good. Wtf Moffat. Seriously? 1.Ooooh yeaaahhhh.... this one was fucking god-awful. 100% behind you on this pick.

[@billforeman7079]

I know you are done with the lists but I would love a top 10 doctor who big finish plays worst/best or just your favorites

[@SuperZez]

Where's "fear her"? If the list were extended, where would it go?

[@NemesisHero123]

I honestly thought The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe would be lower haha XD Plus I really should slap myself for "still" not seeing how the Oswin Dalek was predicable...

[@ihateunicorns867]

How did In The Forest of The Night not make it onto this list?

[@ginge641]

Because this is a list of bad episodes.

[@JH-jl7cq]

I can understand why people don't like Daleks in Manhattan (e.g. mr dick-face cyclops), but one of the only things that I enjoy about it is that the daleks have more varied dialogue. At least more than normally, like just shouting exterminate & other generic techno-stuff like robots. Probably is one of the less good nuwho episodes still though. Love your videos Stu, easily one of the highlights of my week... again :D My first ever comment by the way XD

[@BH-98]

Yeah I like the scene where the Daleks slag off their boss, it's rather charming. Also welcome to the Internet.

[@JH-jl7cq]

haha yeah, cheers man!

[@casualcraftman1599]

My thoughts on this list 10) thought it was meh 9) agree, it was just one retarded idea after another 8) use to like it, but over time it became meh. Farscape did this plot much better. 7) thought it was meh. 6) forgettable garbage 5) It's meh when I don't think about it and mute the 10th Doctor. It's shit when I do think about it and I don't mute the 10th Doctor. 4) This is the worst Dalek story ever made. It shat on the Dalek's history with the Doctor. It made Amy and Rory relationship pointless. It also introduced the worst companion in Doctor Who. 3) eh 2) Worst episode of Doctor Who. This episode makes Fear Her look like The Caves of Androzani. 1) Kill the the moon is just awful

[@alexzander4426]

Casual CraftMan Clara is the worst companion in Doctor Who? Courtney Woods would like a word... Lol

[@travismoore7938]

I still don't like the 10th doctor episode with the absorbing monster, mostly because I really liked the friendship that grew between the people looking for the Doctor. I hated the ending, everything about it.

[@jessicasmith2029]

The only other thing that can be said about Kill the Moon is that the science is so wrong that it completely broke my suspension of disbelief and it just got worse and worse throughout the episode

[@SpectrumStorms]

In no particular order (except #10 and #1) 10. The Girl Who Died 9. Nightmare In Silver 8. Asylum of the Daleks 7. Time of the Doctor 6. A Christmas Carol 5. Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone 4. The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People 3. The Power of Three 2. The Wedding of River Song 1. The Day of the Doctor

[@alexturlais8558]

I don't know much about their specific contract, but surely they'd just get away with a small cameo? like the pandorica opens levels of screen time?

[@vampricyoda]

I'd probably have put "In the Forest of Night" on there somewhere along with the Zygon episodes. Maybe because taken as a whole with Kill the Moon Doctor who's getting into a disturbing political space without decent story telling to back it up. At least The Happiness Patrol's political leanings in the classic era were brave for being the opposite of what was popular.

[@DanDanDaaaan1]

My List is (From the Worst up...) 1) The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe 2) Let's Kill Hitler 3) Hell Bent 4) Woman Who Lived 5) Sleep No More 6) The Wedding of River Song 7) Power of Three 8) In the Forest of the Night 9) Asylum of the Daleks 10) The End of Time

[@CrazyFunTVMovieGuy]

10. Victory Of The Daleks 9. The Lodger 8. The Doctor, The Widow And The Wardrobe 7. In The Forest Of The Night 6. The Crimson Horror 5. Fear Her 4. The Idiot's Lantern 3. Love & Monsters 2. Hell Bent 1. Closing Time

[@reklem2]

I find it weird that you didn't put many of Tennant's episodes in the 5-1, since you already have stated many times that you dislike his era as a whole.

[@TheSuzberry]

I like your list but Hell Bent is the worst episode of Dr Who, EVER. Especially since it was broadcast after the best episode I've seen. It betrays Clara's sacrifice, undermines lessons learned in series one when Rose tried to save her father, it betrays a longstanding antipathy of the Doctor towards guns. Oh blah, blah, blah. It just sucked. So, personally, I would switch 1 and 2 on your list. Love your stuff.

[@madison_hailstorm]

another issue I have with victory of the daleks is that it’s hard to stomach the idea that the doctor is canonically best friends with an absolute genocidal monster like Churchill. I get that it’s a UK program and Churchill is remembered as a hero by older generations but come on.

[@DanDanDaaaan1]

1) Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe 2) Hell Bent 3) Let's kill Hitler 4) End of Time 5) Love and Monsters 6) Fear Her 7) Victory of the Daleks 8) Sleep no More 9) Asylum of the Daleks 10) Wedding of River Song

[@scl1332]

Is it possible to put Hell Bent and the Doctor Falls in all 10 slots 🎰?

[@defrostedrobot77]

You keep saying the Oswin twist was predictable but you didn't predict Jenna (Louise) Coleman was gonna be in the episode did ya. It's kind like the Earthshock Cyberman reveal moment for New Who.

[@archive9796]

Also I think that twist works more because If you knew she was the new companion the shock happened them If you didn't the shock happened in The Snowmen

[@defrostedrobot77]

Macleanium yah it's one of those things that still works for people who aren't gonna be aware of Moffat's Christmas statement since if they were binging or only figured the new one would show up after Amy and Rory, or only tangentially knew about Clara, you would just assume that Coleman's presence was a coincidence. but as you said with Snowmen you would realize that it was all part of the same companion in some way which is pretty neat, unless you spoil yourself on Wikipedia but even then you could still respect it.

[@johnwhittington2998]

defrostedrobot77 you could predict Jenna was going to be in the episode because she was on the cast list

[@defrostedrobot77]

was she on there for a particularly long time prior to the episode. I know I accidentally saw Karen Gillan's credit for Time of the Doctor prior to the episode broadcast. still give credit that something so unexpected was at least kept out of most of people's knowledge and I guess you'd have to dig really deep to find info on it.

[@n0kidneys]

Here from 2020, Orphan 55 exists now.

[@Thomas_of_the_forest]

I'm surprised how much I actually agree with this list. Although Hell bent would be far worse for me. The missed potential just makes me sad... I kind of never want to watch it again. Kill the Moon, I didn't think was quite that bad. You make some good points for sure about it, but I definitely wouldn't say it's the worst.

[@japi4669]

2- “The Praise this one Gets fucking baffles me” B-bu-but Hell Bent is one of the most criticized Nu-Who Episodes of all time

[@directorwinston]

With the exception of Closing Time, I have to agree that all of the episodes on this list were awful. Some honourable mentions would be 'The Wedding of River Song', 'Lets Kill Hitler', 'Listen', 'Voyage of the Damned' and 'The Husbands of River Song'.

[@anitasarcheeseian3706]

I fucking hated In The Forest of the SHITE

[@paulflint6254]

yes, i thought that would have been on stubagfuls list